by Amanda

OMFG SPOILERS!









OK, it's 2am so I need to make this brief! I'm utterly exhausted. We got in line around 8:30am and it was mostly sunny all day. Getting into the show f'ng sucked as far as crowd control but we managed to fight for our life (including a 100+ yard mad dash for front rail). We managed 2nd row, but it was right in front of Dave's mic (score). The tunnel we ran through was full of feathers and fuzzies.. I ended up inhaling one and nearly vomited from coughing, not being able to catch my breath AND the near heatstroke from the hour they made us stand around in a mob that made sardines seem comfortable. Not to mention there are a ton of smokers here, and despite my obvious struggling to breathe and my friends busting out their inhalers, a chick stared right at us and kept lighting up one after another (not to mention others smoking next to us while we're trying not to die of heat/lack of fresh air.
However... it was all worth it once it was said and done. We had a few hours to mellow out once in the venue, which was nice. But the big highlight of this show for me? Dave serenaded Tara and I during 'Fly on the Windscreen' for nearly two verses! We exchanged all kinds of non-verbal comm and smiles and he blew us kisses! We wonder if he saw us both wearing our 'Hourglass' t-shirts? But damn I'm high as a kite from that, AND 'In Your Room' we got some attention too! Dancing and waving and smiling together with Dave... aiyeeee!
Bullet points:

- We got to hear the soundcheck while waiting in line. The first time we heard Dave's voice on the mic, even with just a non-sense vocal warm up, it was such a warm fuzzy feeling. After all that has gone on, hearing and seeing him again, looking and sounding like he hasn't missed a beat was really a relief.

- The setlist was pretty awesome, 'Come Back' and 'Fly on the Windscreen' were f'ing epic. EPIC. Definately my musical highlights. I liked the new takes on some of the older, regularly played songs like 'In Your Room' and 'Personal Jesus.' Then there was 'Master and Servant' and 'Strangelove' which were bloody awesome too. Esp. since M&S hasn't been played in over 10 years! I figured they would never play it due to embarassment, lol. My only gripe is that they didn't play 'Corrupt!' I am so sad about that!

- Crowd was insanely pushy and downright dangerous getting into the venue, but was awesome and respecful once the gig started! There was room to dance and no shoving. Nearly 50k people.. wow what an experience seeing DM in Europe is! Sometimes the singing was so loud it matched the band. Even in the tunnel on the way out of the stadium, the fans were doing the wave and other things that are typical of EU DM shows. It was awesome.


OK, there's more but I have to sleep!

(WTF, the guys at the check-in counter in the lobby of the hotel just cranked up Green Day on the PA hella loud? LOL)

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